Stephanie Camello's Top 5 US Destinations for Thanksgiving

If you want to have a traditional Thanksgiving, check out these great places!

1) Plymouth, Massachusetts - Go to where it all started at Plymouth Rock in Massachusetts. Touch the stone marked 1620 and visit the area that has been a symbol of freedom and new opportunities for the last 400 years!! Visit the Plimoth Patuxet Museum and enjoy a traditional turkey, mashed potato, yam, apple and pumpkin pie dinner on the day that commemorates the pilgrims' landing!

2) Windsor, Connecticut - Some of the best places to enjoy a Thanksgiving holiday are in the original colonies and that includes beautiful Connecticut! You'll get the changing colors of the leaves, the tasty turkey and pumpkin pie and a dash of colonial history to boot! Plus, Windsor was the first ever pilgrim settlement in the colony of Connecticut!

3) Rhode Island - founded by Roger Williams in 1636 this former original colony and now smallest state in the union (by land mass) is filled with historical and opulent features. Visit The Breakers, one of the many Vanderbilt mansions, as well as historic Roger Williams park.

4) Willamette Valley, Oregon - this is the spot where many settlers from the Oregon Trail ended up. It's quite historic and it brought the colonial spirit out west! People took the Oregon Trail from Missouri as a way to expand their horizons in the largely untapped potential that is now the full scope of America. It's now a fantastic valley full of wineries but still maintains their unique history!

5) Hawaii - of course if you want to go tropical for Thanksgiving, then Hawaii is your best bet! They don't fully celebrate Thanksgiving the way we do in mainland U.S. since their roots mostly come from Asia and other Pacific Islands, but they are very creative with their decorations (pineapple turkeys are very cute). So if you want to lay on the beach, pick up a turkey and potato salad at the market and watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV, you'll probably have the most relaxing Thanksgiving ever!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2021 EVERYONE!

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